WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump (all times local):
1:35 p.m.
President Donald Trump is sitting down for lunch with Saudi Arabia’s second-in-line to the throne at the White House.
Trump shook hands with Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in the State Dining Room before joining several White House and Saudi officials for lunch.
The Saudi royal is the highest-level visit to Washington since November’s presidential election. The prince is leading the kingdom’s economic overhaul to become less dependent on oil.
Trump is expected to spend the rest of the day focused on the Republican health care overhaul. He’ll be speaking by phone with Health Secretary Tom Price, Anthem CEO Joseph Swedish and two Republican lawmakers: House Speaker Paul Ryan and House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy.
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1 p.m.
President Trump is meeting with the Deputy Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, Mohammed bin Salman.
The pair met in the Oval Office Tuesday before a scheduled lunch.
The prince is Saudi Arabia’s second-in-line to the throne and his trip marks the highest-level visit to Washington by a Saudi royal since November’s presidential election.
The prince is currently spearheading an economic overhaul aimed at helping the country become less dependent on oil as well as investments in U.S. technology firms.
He’s also his country’s minister of defense.
The president had originally been scheduled to meet with German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Tuesday, but that visit has been pushed back to Friday because of the snow.
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